Robin's Thrifty Tips: Weekly Grocery Deals

By Robin

This week, our local Fareway store has some great deals including a couple of coupons. Here are a few of the things I will be going for this week.

Strawberries are .99/lb. With the spring fever I've had lately, it is so nice to see a good deal like that! Fareway also has a coupon for large eggs for .99/doz., and a coupon for GW brand sugar for .99 for a 4lb. package. Cool Whip topping is also .88 for an 8oz. tub. Farmland spiral cut hams are $1.88/lb. and John Morrel bone-in hams are $1.59/lb., both of which are a great deal for the upcoming Easter holiday. 85% lean ground chuck is $2.29/lb.

Bird's Eye Steam Fresh vegetables are .99 a bag. Blue Bonnet margarine is 2/$1 for the 1 lb. packages. Cottage Bread is .99/20oz. loaf. 2 liter bottles of Pepsi or Mountain Dew are 10/$10.

Dole pineapple is .99/20oz. can and Betty Crocker specialty potatoes are 10/$10. Fastco brand popcorn is .69 for 3 pkg. box.

Food isn't the only thing that Fareway is offering some good deals on this week. Era laundry detergent is $8.88/50oz. bottle, Tide laundry detergent is $10.88/100oz. bottle, and Puff's facial tissue is 3/$5.

Our Hy-Vee store has some good deals as well, such as celery for .59/pkg. and they have a coupons for Coke products. The coupons is for 4 of the 12 packs for $10. Hy-Vee also has a coupon for Powerade or Powerade Zero sports drink , but 10 bottles of $10 and get 5 bottles free on the 32oz. size bottles. They also have whole bone-in spiral sliced hams for $1.99/lb. Jello pudding and gelatin is 2/$1, and Stove Top stuffing mix is .99.

Hy-Vee canned fruit is .88, Cool Whip is .88 and Anderson-Erickson yogurt is 10/$5. Betty Crocker cake mixes and frostings are .89 each and there is another coupon for Nestle Toll House Chocolate Chips for $1.69/pkg. and last of all Hy-Vee brand coconut .88/7oz. pkg. One other item I want to take advantage of is from the Hy-Vee floral shop. They have beautiful Easter lilies for $8.98 each. These are some of my favorite flowers ever!

That's it for this week's deals in my area. What's going on in your area?

About The Author: Robin lives in Washington, Iowa. She is married to her high school sweetheart, Scott. They have two daughters, Jessica and Caitlinn, both of whom are grown. The oldest, Jessica, and her husband, just had a baby, Robin's first grandchild. They also have 3 dogs who are very much part of they family, Jazmin, Shelby and Libby. Her interests are cooking, computers, volunteering at our local animal shelter, working with the elderly and also children and music. She also very involved in her church.